Big Words for Smart People

Just in time for the new year, the word of the week is:   Harrowing - Adjective : acutely distressing or painful   In this episode: What is the hottest tattoo? Self-broken bones Things to talk about while getting a tattoo The Twilight slippery slope Like, seriously, a lot of tattoo talk   Like what we do? Join our Discord Community! https://discord.gg/nJC7nat4Jm   Drop us a Line! bigwordsforsmartp...

Another addition to our growing collection of "slurs for hot people," the word of the week is:    Termagant - Noun 1Termagant : a deity erroneously ascribed to Islam by medieval European Christians and represented in early English drama as a violent character 2: an overbearing or nagging woman : shrew   In this episode: Exposing lifeguards Funny eyebrow bird We all secretly want a mommy-dommy More...

Loosen those coin-purses, the word of the week is:   Parsimonious - adjective 1: exhibiting or marked by parsimony especially : frugal to the point of stinginess   2: sparing , restrained In this episode: Call Me Maybe Roulette Millennial grand-aunt Tree Anxiety Caked-Up Geeses for the Nieces Ways to ruin Frankie’s Birthday Links to local charities Support people experiencing homelessness in Eric'...

Hey, come quick! The word of the week is:   Expeditious - adjective : marked by or acting with prompt efficiency   In this episode: Snow Day Qualms Bird Calling Fish or Motorcycle Fast Family Dementia Clock Bonus: Ruben Sneezes Like what we do? Join our Discord Community! https://discord.gg/nJC7nat4Jm   Drop us a Line! bigwordsforsmartpeople@gmail.com Support us! https://ko-fi.com/bw4sp   Our exce...

Just a heads up... lot's of pee talk in this one, folks.   Exude - intransitive verb 1: to ooze out 2: to undergo diffusion transitive verb 1: to cause to ooze or spread out in all directions 2: to display conspicuously or abundantly In this episode: Eric is still vaguely sick Dry guys go to heaven It ain't easy bein' greasy An embarrassing pee story Sweaty and confusing, but he’s an okay dad The...

Hearken back once more to a time when farmers farmed farms and the Gak was abundant, the word for the week is:  Pastoral - adjective a(1): of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen (2): devoted to or based on livestock raising b: of or relating to the countryside : not urban c: portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and convention...

Just when you thought we couldn't be more childish, the word of the week is:   Puerile - Adjective 1: juvenile 2: childish , silly   In this episode: College Radio … um… college radio Foot condoms Ostrich dating In defense of bad action movies Minecraft horror mods Garbage hall pass Current stats: 80000 to 2000000 Like what we do? Join our Discord Community! https://discord.gg/nJC7nat4Jm   Drop us...

Ken you dig it? That's the word. It's ken.   Ken - Noun  1: the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge 2a: the range of vision   b: sight , view Ken - Verb 1 (archaic) : see   2 (chiefly dialectal) : recognize   3 (chiefly Scotland) : know In this episode: Social anxiety phone problems Hotel ghosts Benevolent voyeurism B R I A N Shut up and let’s talk about kennings Fill our inbox with t...

This word comes with a warning: don't use this word. At least, change how you use it.   Pulchritudinous - Adjective : physical comeliness   In this episode: Pwe’re psorry pfor pthe pplosives Ulysses Quotes - Circe never disappoints Hot tips for sexy orchids Ruben does not have sexy phone voice No shade to North Carolina towns, we love you too Pants shopping - fit check for my Doug Funny era What’s...

It's whatever, but the word for the week is:   Sprezzatura - Noun : studied nonchalance : graceful conduct or performance without apparent effort : the state of Eric being a huge fartbag1   In this episode: Not a dilf, just a dil I’m a Sprouts 6 Almost no Twilight references in this one Furry Raves and Crypto Currency Fit check for my Garbodor era Lesbian Cheat Codes Smoking Cattails   Like what w...

WOOOOOOORDS… werecast.  It’s the final word of our octobword spooktacular! The word of the week is:   Lycanthropy - Noun 1: a delusion that one has become a wolf 2: the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic In this episode: The Omegaverse Recap The story of Bisclavret My weekly gallivanting He Tycho Brahe’d her! Right there-wolf If you coul...

It's the penultimate word for Octobword and this one stinks! Also, trigger warning: dead animals (squirrels, deer)   Fetid - Adjective : having a heavy offensive smell   In this episode: Post-poop-cold-coffee A thousand years of latent piss A very bad soup Dead Skull speriment "I wanna huff your cat" if you know what I mean   Like what we do? Join our Discord Community! https://discord.gg/nJC7nat4...

The Octobword for this week is...   Lachrymose - Adjective 1: given to tears or weeping : tearful 2: tending to cause tears : mournful In this episode: I swear, I don’t know how how my glasses broke Catharting all over the place Weepy food Surprisingly real moments What fills your egg cup? What’s your favorite terrible game names? What’s the scary loud thing in your life? Ambulance jumpscare Like...

It's time for another spoooooooky word!   Lugubrious - Adjective 1: mournful especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly (see affected entry 2 sense 1a )  2: dismal In this episode: Vampire Water Bed Bernd das Brot Airbud XIII - Now He Plays Baseball Droopy Dog “Impressions” Frank is Valid The Azure Waistcoat Comedy Tour Blehhhh Like what we do? Join our Discord Community! https://discord.gg/nJC7nat4...

It's the first Wednesday of spooky season and we've got twoOOOooOOOoo  words to celebrate!   Inauspicious - Adjective 1: being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come Auspicious - Adjective 1: showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious 2: attended by good auspices : fortunate , prosperous   In this episode: The narrowest ass in North Carolina Cat coughs - Draw what you...

It's our 'worst' episode (yet), but not like you think!   Worst - verb (transitive) : to get the better of : defeat In this episode: Conquering your challengees (sic) Frankie uses “Java” as a reference to ‘cool coding…’ Reasons I can’t get a job Parenting metaphors “I’m gonna knock it over” obtusive crosswords   Like what we do? Join our Discord Community! https://discord.gg/nJC7nat4Jm   Drop us a...

We're still figuring things out, I guess you could say that, when it comes to podcasting, we're still a:   Tyro - noun : a beginner in learning : novice   In this episode: Tyro Banks Master's in Pokemonology What are you happy to be terrible at? Easy mode is a-okay rUbBeR pEnCiL Daniel the Sweet Little Cheek-Clapping Lad   Like what we do? Join our Discord Community! https://discord.gg/nJC7nat4Jm...

Make using this word a key part of your identity, the word of the week is:   Endemic - adjective 1a: belonging or native to a particular people or country b: characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment   2: restricted or peculiar to a locality or region Endemic - noun 1: an organism that is restricted or peculiar to a locality or region : an endemic organism   2: a d...

Go off, Quang! It's a new word for Word Wednesday:   Idiosyncrasy - Noun 1a: a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality b: individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)   2: characteristic peculiarity (as of temperament)   In this episode: Tiny little, semi-transparent Stewie Griffin knockoff tee Diagnosing yourself with a personality I’ve go...

Eric's word for the week is that saucy little tail on the bottom of a 'c,' that's more fun to say than it is to type, it's 'cedilla.'   Cedilla - noun : the diacritical mark ¸ placed under a letter (such as ç in French) to indicate an alteration or modification of its usual phonetic value (as in the French word façade)   In this episode: C is a stupid letter Ambush haircuts We formally acknowledge...

Happy Jejaugust! It's our highest energy, most hype episode yet! Jk, this ep is jejune af, y'all. Frankie and Eric are taking a relaxed stroll through their travel woes in this, BW4SPs quaternary episode.    Jejune - adjective devoid of significance or interest : dull juvenile , puerile lacking nutritive value   In this episode: Air travel is magic, change our minds... or maybe it's hell? You can'...

The word of the week is: Fontanelle! Eric and Frankie are asking the tough questions. Questions like: what would you put in your soft fontanelle?   Fontanelle - noun (or fontanel) : a membrane-covered opening in bone or between bones   In this episode: Avoid the top-of-baby danger button (no soup allowed) Unqualified medical education and Eric’s brave birthing story Proper hygiene tips from a grea...

Frankie's brought us lamination this week - everyone's favorite superfluous office friend.   Lamination - noun the process of laminating the state of being laminated a laminated structure lamina (Eric's note: isn't this just the same thing but again?) a defect in a coin in which a layer of metal appears to have buckled or fallen off during the striking process   In this episode: Lambasting foreign...

It's the premier episode and sibling duo Eric and Frankie are bringing you "encoding." It's a rambling journey to learn a new word - emphasis on journey.   Encoding - verb a: to convert (something, such as a body of information) from one system of communication into another especially : to convert (a message) into code or, b: to convey symbolically to specify the genetic code for   In this episode...